She kicked a police officer in the face, cops say. Now she’s in jail

A Penn State student faces felony and misdemeanor charges after allegedly fighting with officers over the weekend while intoxicated.

According to the criminal complaint filed by Penn State police, at about 2 a.m. Sunday, an officer observed a woman, identified as Kaitlyn J. Testen, 18, of Sayre, stumbling while being assisted by a man along the north side of Haller Hall on campus. The man was reportedly holding her up and preventing her from falling.

The officer approached Testen and the man near Beaver Hall, police said, where Testen attempted to walk away when the officer exited his vehicle. The officer requested they both stop and speak with him regarding their behavior.

Testen was unable to walk away and sat on the curb, police said. While police were attempting to identify the man, he reportedly fled the scene. Additional officers were requested for assistance in locating him.

Never miss a local story.

Sign up today for unlimited digital access to our website, apps, the digital newspaper and more.

While struggling with the man, police said, Testen reportedly attempted to leave the area and refused to identify herself. She was handcuffed and placed on the curb.

University Ambulance Service was requested to evaluate her, police said, as she allegedly had a strong odor of alcohol and slurred speech. She reportedly refused to cooperate with police or EMS and actively resisted being placed on a stretcher.

While on the stretcher, police said, she was told if she continued to kick, she would be placed in jail. Testen broke her feet free and reportedly kicked one officer in the face and a second officer in the arm and hand.

She was placed in a police vehicle where she continued to kick at officers and the vehicle windows, police said. While at the university police station, she allegedly removed her shorts and urinated on an interview room floor.

She was arraigned Sunday before District Judge Kelley Gillette-Walker, according to court documents, and charged with felony counts of aggravated assault, misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct and summary counts of public drunkenness, purchase of alcohol by a minor and criminal mischief. Straight bail was set at $50,000.

More Videos

Sheriff during largest heroin and fentanyl bust in county history: "One grain of the fentanyl can kill you"

New Hanover County Sheriff Ed McMahon said at a Monday press conference that an arrest had been made in the largest seizure of heroin and fentanyl in county history. Deputies said in a Facebook post that they found the drugs during a Nov. 30 search of Shawqui Rahim Gray’s home on Oleander Drive in Wilmington. More arrests are expected.